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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09233	Polyhymnia describing, the honourable triumph at tylt, before her Maiestie, on the 17. of Nouember, last past, being the first day of the three and thirtith yeare of her Highnesse raigne. With Sir Henrie Lea, his resignation of honour at tylt, to her Maiestie, and receiued by the right honorable, the Earle of Cumberland.	Peele, George, 1556-1596.	1590 (1590)	STC 19546; ESTC S110405	5,705	18

Iohn Vauasor ANd then as blithe as bird of mornings light Inflamb'd with honor glistering as the Sun What time he mountes the sweating Lions back Beset with glorious Sun-shine of his traine Bearing the Sun vpon his armed breast That like a precious shining Carbunkle Or Phoebus eye in heauen it selfe reflects Comes Sir Charles Blunt in Or and Azure dight Rich in his colours richer in his thoughts Rich in his Fortune Honor Armes and Arte And him the valiant Vauasor assailes On fierce and readie horse with speare in rest In Orenge tawnie bright and beautifull Himselfe his men and all and on they speed And hast they make to meete and meete they doo And doo the thing for which they meete in hast Each in his Armour amiable to see That in their lookes bare loue and Chiualrie The 7. couple Master Robert Carey Master William Gresham BY this the Trumpe cal'd Carey to the Tilt Faire bird faire Cignet of our siluer Swanne When like a Lord in pompe and princelie shew And like a Champion fitted for the warre And not vnlike the sonne of such a syre Vnder a plume of murrie and of white That like a Palme tree beautifullie spread On mightie horse of Naples mounted faire And horse at hand and men and pagespight All with a burning heart greets he her grace Whose gracious countnance he his heauen esteems And to her sacred person it presents As who would say my heart and life is hers To whom my loyaltie this heart prefers And at the summons out his foe man flyes Gresham the heire of golden Greshams land That beautifi'd new Troy with royall Change Badge of his honor and magnificence Siluer and Sable such his colours were And readie was his horse and readier he To bound and well behaue him in her eie Vpon whose lookes his life and honour stood Then horse and man conspir'd to meet amaine Along the Tylt Carey and Gresham goe Swift as the Swallow or that Greekish Nymph That seem'd to ouerrfly the eyles of corne And breake they doo they misse not as I weene And all was done in honour of their Queene The 8. couple Sir William Knowles M. Anthony Cooke THen like the three Horatij in the field Betwixt the Roman and the Alban camp That triumpht in the roiall right of Rome Or olde Duke Aymons glory Dordans pride Came in the noble English Nestors sonnes Braue Knowles his ofspring hardy Champions Each in his plumes his colours and deuice Expressing Warriors wit and Courtiers grace Against Sir William ran a lusty Knight Fine in deuice he was and full of wit Famous beyond the chalkie Brittish cliffes And lou'd and honored in his country boundes Anthony Cooke a man of noble name For Armes and Courtship equall to the best Valour and Vertue sat vpon his helme Whome Loue and lowring wring Fortune led along And Life and Death he portraied in his show A liberall Hand badge of nobilitie A Hart that in his mistresse honor vowes To taske his hand in witnesse of his heart Till age shake off rough wars abiliments Then with such cunning can they couch their staues That worthily each knight himselfe behaues The 9. couple Sir Thomas Knowles Sir Philip Butler THe yongest brother Mars his sworne man That wan his knightly spurs in Belgia And followed dub of drum in Fortunes grace Well horst and arm'd Sir Philip Butler greetes The noble Essex friend and follower In mourning Sable dight by simpathie A gentle Knight and meekely at the Tylt He standes as one that had no hart to hurt His friendly foe but at the trumpets sound He flies along and brauely at the face His force he bendes the riuall of his fame Spurs on his steede nor shuns the shocke for feare And so they meet the armour beares the skar Of this encounter and delightfull war The 10. couple M. Robert Knowles M. Ralph Bowes THe last not least of these braue bretheren Laden with honour and with golden boughes Entring the listes like Tytan arm'd with fire When in the queackie plot Python he slew Bowes takes to taske with strong and mightie arme Right richly mounted horse and man it seem'd Were well agreed to serue as roughlie there As in the enemies reach for life they would And when they ran me thought a tempest rose That in the storme the clattering armours sound As horse and man had both bene borne to ground The 11. couple M. Thomas Sydney M. Robert Alexander THus long hath daintie Sydney sit and seene Honour and Fortune houer in the aire That from the glorious beames of Englands eie Came streaming Sydney at which name I sigh Because I lacke the Sydney that I loue And yet I loue the Sydneys that suruiue Thus long I say sat Sydney and beheld The shiuers flie of many a shaken speare When mounted on a Courser trapt in white And throughly wel appointed he and his Pure sparkes of Vertue kindling Honors fire He thought he might and for he might he would Reach at this glorie faire befall him still And to the Tylt impatient of delay He comes encountred with a threatning point That Alexander menac'd to him fast A valorous and a lustie Gentleman Well fitted with his armour and his Steed And him young Sydney sits and had he chardg'd The Macedonian Alexanders staffe He had bene answered by that valiant youth So well behau'd himselfe this faire yoong Knight As Paris had to great Achilles Launce Applied his tender fingers and his force The 12. couple M. Nedham M. Richard Acton THe next came Nedham in on lustie horse That angrie with delay at Trumpets sound Would snort stamp and stand vpon no ground Vnwilling of his maisters tariance Yet tarie must his maister and with him His prauncing steed till trumpets sounding shrill Made Acton spur apace that with applause Of all beholders hied him lustilie As who would say Now goe I to the goale And then they ride and run and take their chance As death were fixt at point of eithers lance The 13. couple M. Charles Dauers M. Euerard Digbie NOw drew this martiall exercise to ende And Dauers here and Digbie were the last Of six and twentie gallant Gentlemen Of noble birth and princelie resolution That ran in couplement as you haue heard In honour of their mistresse holiday A gracious sport fitting that golden time The day the byrth-day of our happinesse The blooming time the spring of Englands peace Peace then my muse yet ere thou peace report Say how thou sawest these Actors play their partes Both mounted brauely brauelie minded both Second to fewe or none for their successe Their hie deuoyre their deeds doo say no lesse And now had Englands Queene faire Englands life Beheld her Lordes and louely Lordly Knightes Doo Honors seruice to their Soueraigne And heauen by this distil'd down teares of ioy In memorie and honour of this day Sir Henry Lea resignes his place of Honour at Tylt to the Earle of Cumberland ANd now as first by him intended was In sight of Prince and Peeres and people round Old Henry Lea Knight of the Crowne dismountes And in a faire Pauilion hard at hand Where holie lightes burnt on the hallowed shrine To Vertue or to Vesta consecrate Hauing vnarm'd his body head and all To his great Mistresse his petition makes That in regard and fauour of his age It would so please her princely Maiestie To suffer him giue vp his staffe and Armes And honourable place wherein he seru'd To that thrice valiant Earle whose Honors pledge His life should be with that he singled foorth The flower of English Knightes the valiant Earle Of Cumberland and him before them all He humbly prayes her Highnesse to accept And him install in place of those designes And to him giues his armour and his launce Protesting to her princelie Maiestie In sight of heauen and all her princelie Lordes He would betake him to his Oraysons And spend the remnant of his waining age Vnfit for warres and Martiall exploites In praiers for her endlesse happines Whereat she smiles and sighes and seem'd to say Good Woodman though thy greene be turn'd to gray Thy age past Aprils prime and pleasant May Haue thy request we take him at thy praise May he succeed the honour of thy daies Amen said all and hope they doo no lesse No lesse his vertue and nobilitie His skill in Armes and practise promiseth And many Chāpions such may England liue to haue And daies yeares as many such as she in heart can craue FINIS A Sonet HIS Golden lockes Time hath to Siluer turn'd O Time too swift ô Swiftnesse neuer ceasing His Youth gainst Time and Age hath euer spurn'd But spurn'd in vain Youth waineth by increasing Beauty Strēgth Youth are flowers but fading seen Dutie Faith Loue are roots and euer greene His Helmet now shall make a hiue for Bees And Louers Sonets turn'd to holy Psalmes A man at Armes must now serue on his knees And feede on praiers which are Age his almes But though from Court to Cottage he depart His Saint is sure of his vnpotted heart And when he saddest sits in homely Cell Heele teach his Swaines this Carroll for a Song Blest be the heartes that wish my Soueraigne well Curst be the soules that thinke her any wrong Goddesse allow this aged man his right To be your Beads-man now that was your Knight